Many of the employees of small stores are arrogant, like at Samy's camera in Los Angeles. It is so difficult to buy stuff there. I have to wait for awhile before got help. On the other hand, BH in New York has excellent service when I went to the store. Anyway, I prefer buying online. I can research myself, and no sales tax. The business model has changed.... I do not like buying from small stores, for they only have limited stocks so that I end up buying cameras that have been touched by people who want to try the camera. To return a camera is also a pain.

Prairie Pal: Let this be a LESSON TO THE WEAK KNEE people that shot down anyone who started discussing class action lawsuits with the excuse that it was fruitless. A swift KICK IN THE PANTS to the regular THREAD POLICE who whined about being "forced" to wade through D600 oil threads, insisting that the forum was going down the drain because of it. Shame-on the FAN-BOIZ and "wanna be Nikon reps" (you know who YOU are) who denied there was an issue and told people to accept mediocrity and just stop shooting smaller than f8.TAKE A LIFE LESSON and learn! This is how you get things done. This is the balance of power that consumers still have; freedom of public speech and public perception. Consumers have more power in their wallet than they realize.As one of the people who constantly spoke out about the problem, posted samples and shot thousands of blank frames to test clean up theories, and shouted at Nikon for refusing to accept responsibility... "You're Welcome"

I agree!!!! If I spend a lot of monies, I want to get a problem free camera. I was ready to buy Nikon D800 or D600, after reading all the complaints, I put off right away. It will be my fault if I buy......Some people are just so stupid knowing that there are problems with these two cameras, and yet still buy them. I am so glad with this class action law suit.

Imagine how many customers Nikon had lost. I still want a 24 or 36 Mega Pixels camera, and I MUST STAY With NIKON, for I am not going to spend monies on new lenses. But I am not going to buy a new camera right away. I will wait till I find out that the camera has no problem. Thx God that I was pretty patient.